American Imperialism - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 21
About This Presentation
Title:

American Imperialism

Description:

Colonization with stable governments to safeguard economic interests ... William Randolph Hearst, NY Journal. The New York Journal and ... McKinley, 1896 ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:261
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 22
Provided by: tur752
Category:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: American Imperialism


1
American Imperialism
2
What is Modern Imperialism?
  • The direct result of economic modernization
    industrialization
  • Exploitation of Resources
  • Establishment of Markets
  • Increased investments
  • Leads to
  • Colonization with stable governments to safeguard
    economic interests

3
European Imperialism
4
Why Would the U.S. Seek an Empire?
5
The Story of Hawaiian Missionaries as Advance
Agents
  • Congregational missionaries from New England
    traveled to Hawaii in the 1820s
  • From 1837 to 1840,
  • nearly 20,000
  • Hawaiians chose
  • to accept Christianity
  • as their new religion.

6
Alfred T. Mahan (1840-1914)
U.S.S. Maine, 1897
7
Reasons for U.S. Imperialism
  • Economic
  • Power
  • Religious
  • Military
  • Social Darwinism
  • Trusteeship, White Mans Burden
  • Jingoism
  • American Exceptionalism --Advancing Democracy
  • Distractions from Domestic Troubles

8
U.S. Purchases and Annexations
  • Alaska, 1867
  • Samoa, 1889
  • Midway Islands, 1867
  • Hawaiian Islands, 1899

9
Cubas Revolution, 1895
10
(No Transcript)
11
General Valeriano Weyler
12
Rafael Zarza
13
Yellow Journalism
Joseph Pulitzer, NY World
William Randolph Hearst, NY Journal
14
The New York Journal and Frederic Remington
15
Enrique Dupuy de Lome, Spanish Minister to the
U.S.
16
The U.S.S. Maine entering Havana Harbor1898
17
The Blowing up of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana
Harbor, 1898
18
Causes for the Spanish-American War1898
  • Election of William McKinley, 1896
  • Cuban Revolt U.S. Sugar Tariff, 1894,
    Spanish land holdings
  • Spanish Response General Valeriano Weyler
  • Reconcentration policy
  • Yellow Journalism, NY World, NY Journal
  • Dupuy de Lome Letter, February, 1898
  • Blowing up of the Maine, February 15, 1898

19
Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
20
(No Transcript)
21
Consequences of the War with Spain
  • 379 U.S. soldiers died from battle, 5,000 of
    disease.
  • Cause of yellow fever discovered by Major Walter
    Reed
  • The U.S. annexed Guam, Puerto Rico, Guantanamo
    Bay, and the Philippines
  • Platt Amendment
  • Open Door Policy
  • The U.S. assumes world power status and begins
    policing actions around the world.
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com